Camp-stove.



N0. 7l6,560. Patented Dec. 23, I902.

H. M. LEININGER.

CAMP STOVE.

(Application filed May 29, 1902,)

(No Model.)

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HARRIET M. LEININGER, OF COLUMBIA CITY, INDIANA.

CAM P-STOVE.

$PECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent .No. 716,560, datedDecember 23, 1902.

Application filed May 29, 1902. Serial N0- 109,539, (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIET M. LEI-NINGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at O0- lumbia City, in the county of Whitley and Stateof Indiana, have invented a new and useful Camp-Stove, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to stoves employed for cooking purposes bytravelers, campers, hunters, and the like which may be readily set upfor use at any desired point and which may be separated or knocked downfor transportation.

The invention consists in a standard adapted to be driven in the groundand having a lateral support near its upper end adapted to engage asheet-metal disk, preferably with a series of apertures similar to thegriddle-holes in an ordinary stove and with means above the disk carriedby the standard for supporting the disk in place, as hereinafter shownand described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the'drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspectiveView of the device setup ready for use. Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation. Figs. 3, at, 5, and Gare detachedperspective views of thedifferent parts of the device.

The standard is represented at 10 and will preferably be about two feetlong and sufficiently large to support the device. It will be pointed atits lower end, as at 11, and provided with a transverse supporting-pin12 near its upper end and with a perforation 13 through it above thesaid supporting-pin. A disk 14;, of sheet metal of sufficient thicknessto support the weight of the dishes and the cooking utensils which willbe placed thereon, will be supported upon the standard 10 by means of acentral perforation l5 and resting upon the transverse supporting-pin 12and secured in place by a key or pin 16, which removably engages theperforation 13. It will be observed that the transverse supportingpin 12and the key or securingpiu 16 are disposed approximately at right anglesto each other. By this arrangement it will be seen that the disk orplate 14 is prevented from tipping or tilting under the strain ofweights supported thereon, as it would be very liable to do, especiallyif loosely mounted upon the standard, if these means were not adopted toprevent it from tilting in either direction. By this means the disk 1 Lwill be supported in a horizontal position and, if required, may berevolved around the standard upon the support 12.

The standard 10 maybe of any required material and of any suitable shapeand may be solid, tubular, or of some of the various forms of angle or Liron and may be of a section of tubing, with a pointed plug in the lowerend to enable it to be readily driven into the ground.

The disk let may be formed with a crimped or flanged edge to increaseits strength and stiffness and will be provided with one or morecircumferentially disposed apertures 17, the apertures serving the samepurpose as the ordinary griddle-holes of a cook-stove and may beprovided with removable covers, (indicated at 18.) The perforations 17will preferably be grouped at one side of the disk, leaving acomparatively large unperforated portion to the disk for the receptionof dishes or utensils which it may be desired to sup port upon the diskand which it may be desired to simply keep warm or heated to a lessdegree than would be the case if they were suspended over the apertures.As many of the apertures may be employed as required and they may bespaced apart to any required degree, but generally three of theapertures will be sufficient and spaced apart in about the sameproportions as the griddle-holes of an ordinary cook-stove.

This will be found a very convenient device for use by campers,tourists, hunters, or travelers who carry their camping outfits withthem, as the device may be knocked down and packed within a small area.

The standard 10 may be forced into the ground to any distance desired,so as to bring the disk 14: at any desired distance from the ground, sothat when a fire is built beneath the disk it will eifect the dishes orutensils upon the disk to the proper degree.

The disk 14 will preferably be circular in shape and of any desiredsize.

It will be noted that the periphery of the plate 14 is entirelyunsupported and no obstructions occur between the plate and the ground,except the central standard 10, thus leaving the Whole exterior free forthe introduction of the fuel, so that it will not be necessary to cutthe fuel to any particular size or length. The stove may thus beemployed with very little trouble and without the necessity for cuttingthe fuel to fit the stove. This is an advantage that will be readilyappreciated by campers, explorers, and others who may desire to use thedevice in connection with fuel which may be the most readily obtained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A portablecamp-stove comprising a sup- HARRIET M. LEININGER.

Witnesses:

ALMIRA TULLEY, JULIUS B. LEININGER.

